English Pre-Assessment

Select all of the types of figurative language. (Figures of Speech)

• simile

• setting

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What elements must be included in all stories?

• Plot, Theme, Characterization, Setting, Conflict (5 elements)

• simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, alliteration

• Irony, Symbolism, Foreshadowing, Flashback, Imagery

• Title, beginning, end

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which device means making a reference to something or someone famous or well-known?

• Alliteration

• Paradox

• Imagery

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When the story is told by a character within the story, and says "I" or "Me", it is considered which point of view?

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 1st person

• 2nd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When writing about a novel or long drama (like Romeo and Juliet) you should ...

• Circle the title

• Underline and capitalize the title

• Put "quotation marks" around the title

• Only capitalize the title

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the term:

making a comparison of two different things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The feelings or ideas associated with a word or phrase-

• denotation

• connotation

• figurative

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Metaphors and Symbols

• when objects mentioned really represent something else

• are used in EVERY story

• are literal

• are only used in poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What happens in the rising action of a story?

• The reader discovers who the characters are and where and when the story is set

• tension and suspense decrease

• tension increases and suspense is built

• the character solves their conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When non-living objects are given person/human-like qualities

• characterization

• hyperbole

• humanification

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3